Cancer in men

Nov. 1, 2018 / 4:13 PM GMT By Dan Avery Prostate cancer is the most prevalent invasive cancer among men, affecting nearly one in eight at some point in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But the unique challenges facing gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer have largely gone unaddressed. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are less likely to get regular prostate cancer screenings, and those who are diagnosed are less likely to have familial and social support, according to research cited by the National Institutes of Health. And if their health care provider is not culturally competent, gay and bisexual men are much less likely to understand how treatment will impact their quality of life. "Those in large metropolitan areas may have the option of searching for an LGBT-welcoming provider, but most Americans don’t have a choice about who treats them." “Many LGBT people enter their cancer treatment wary,” Liz Margolies of the National … [Read more...] about When it comes to prostate cancer, ‘gay men are erased,’ patients say

Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of cancer in women in the UK, a new report warns.Cancer Research UK estimated that 23,000 British women will suffer from obesity-related cancers by 2035 -- just 2,000 fewer than the number of cases caused by smoking.By 2043 obesity will become the most common cause of cancer in women if current trends continue, the charity found.Smoking is currently linked to 12.4% of cancers in UK women, compared to 7.5% that are caused by obesity, according to the British Journal of Cancer.The gap between the two causes in men is wider because more British men smoke, with 17.7% of cancers among men caused by smoking compared to 5.2% by obesity. A similar change in the leading cause of cancer in males is therefore likely to happen much later, the report says.The charity analyzed cancer incidence data between 1979 and 2014 to make the projections and used the results as a further call for national campaigns and legislation to reduce … [Read more...] about Obesity to become leading cause of cancer in women

July 16, 2018Michael Joyce is a writer-producer with HealthNewsReview.org and tweets as @mlmjoyce This is quite the unjustified headline from a Stanford University School of Medicine news release: ‘Magnetized wire could be used to detect cancer in people’ Stanford claims that antibody-coated, magnetic nanoparticles can be engineered to bind with circulating cancer tumor cells (CTCs). A magnetized wire, introduced via a catheter into a peripheral blood vessel, can then bind to those magnetized CTCs and — according to the Stanford research team — capture many more cancer cells than a standard blood draw. Only later in the news release do we learn two critical limitations of the research, published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering: “The technique has only been used in pigs so far.” The researchers “have yet to try out the wire in people as they still have to file for approval from the Food and Drug Administration.” … [Read more...] about Stanford promotes a magnetized wire ‘to detect cancer in people.’ What you need to know

0 Have your say Health bosses are setting up a pioneering treatment centre for male cancers in a bid to improve survival rates. The centre, which will be based at the Doncaster Royal Infirmary, will allow patients with suspected prostate cancer to have medical tests fast tracked, rather than having to wait days or weeks.It would be the male equivalent of the Jasmine Centre, which offers similar arrangements in the borough for women with suspected breast cancer.The money for the scheme has been confirmed, and a pilot scheme is expected to start in September.It is expected to speed up the wait between doctors referrals and treatment, for which the official target is 62 days, In recent years, Doncaster has struggled to reach the target of 85 per cent of patients being seen within that time.But the 62 day target has been hit for the last five months, since January.The new cancer centre is expected to improve that further.Doncaster NHS Clinical Commissioning Group chairman, Dr … [Read more...] about Health bosses to pilot Doncaster treatment centre for male cancers in a bid to improve survival rates